LAHORE: After a long span of 29 years as no nomination papers were filed against PIAF-Founders Alliance, 17 candidates belong to PIAF Founders Alliance.
All the candidates, who filed their nomination papers for the LCCI Elections 2021-22, are going to be elected unopposed as no other candidate has filed papers against them. According to source, only two covering candidates have filed their nomination papers and their withdrawal is strongly expected.
A total of 17 candidates have filed their nomination papers on Thursday for the forthcoming Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) elections for year 2021-22. Nine candidates have submitted their nomination papers for 8 seats of the corporate class, while 8 nomination papers have been received for 7 seats of the associate class and only one nomination is filed for the reserved woman seat.
Mian Jabbar Khalid, Khalid Mehmood, Mian Rehman Aziz Chan, Rizwan Haider, Ahmed Ellahi, Muhammad Riaz ul Hassan, Muhammad Momin Ali Malik, Tariq Mehbood and Moazzam Rasheed have filed nominations for the corporate class.
Mian Nauman Kabir, Muhammad Yousaf Shah, Chaudhry Wajid Ali, Haris Ateeq, Malik Muhammad Nadeem, Muhammad Usman, Mian Attiq-ur-Rehman and Darshan Singh have filed nominations for associate class, while Shamim Akhter has submitted her nomination papers for the reserved seat for woman.
Scrutiny of the papers will be held on September 3rd after that the Secretary General will circulate list of nominees whose papers will be declared valid. The Election Commission will issue the final list of candidates on 20th September 2021. The General Meeting will be held on September 30th.
According to the source, all the candidates will be elected unopposed as no other candidate filed nomination papers against them.
Speaking on the occasion, President of the Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry Mian Tariq Misbah termed the unopposed election of all the candidates a historic event and thanked the business community for posing their full confidence.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2021